Coffee or tea infuser and strainer.



No. 739,470. l .PATENTBD SEPT. 22, 1490s.

P. A. WBGNER.

COFFEE 0R TBA IN'FUSBR AND STRAINER.

` APPLIGATION TILBD Nov. 14. 1902.

`11o MODEL.

4in dotted lines as opened.

` Patented September 22, 1903. M

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK ADOLPH WEGNER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

COFFEE OR TEA INFUSER AND STRAIN'ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,470, dated september 22, 1903.

Application led November 14, 1902. Serial No. 131,311. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, FREDERICK ADoLPH WEGNER, a citizen of the United States, resid'- ing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee or Tea Infusers and Strainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a coffee or tea infuser and strainer.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which maybe used either as a strainer.

or a percolator for steeping tea or coffee, so

that the fluid extract will be free of grounds,

is not in use, so that it may be readily cleaned and hun-g up to dry, and when used as a strainer the cover is held from interference with the vessel from which the liquid is poured, while suitable extensible hooks are provided for supporting the straineron the coffee or tea pot.v v

For a further understanding of the merits and advantages of my invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein l v- Figure l is a side view showingthe cover and the upper edge of one side of the strainer in vertical section, the cover being also shown Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device. v'

In carrying out the invention I provide a foraminated receptacle 1, composed of a lower approximately semispherical'portion of wiregauze or other reticulated material 2, secured at its upper edge to an annular rim 3, and a metallic perforated cover 4, which is hinged to the upper edge of the rim 3.

The cover'4 consists of a truncated coneshaped plate having a flat marginal edge 5, provided with an annular flange 6, which fits into and around the upper edge of the rim 3 when the cover vis closed, and in the sides of the cover are sector-shaped groups of small perforations 7, while the top has a central group of perforations 8. l

Secured to the periphery of the rim 3 is a handle 9, which extends upwardly and outwardly therefrom and terminates in'a rectangular bent portion 10, which serves as a hand-grasp. Near the end of handle are two recesses or indentations 11, and on its lower face are eyes 12, through which the operating- 6o rod for the coverkextends.

The operating-rod 13 extends th rough a slot 14 in the Vside of the cover and through a perforation 14a in the upwardly-bent portion of the handle, the round head 15 on the end pro- 65 Viding a bearing for the inner edge of the slot when the cover is opened or closed, and the upwardly-bent portion ofthe handle serves to support and limit the movement of the cover when opened, as shown in dotted lines in 7o Fig. l. The other end of the rod is provided with a projection 16, which is adapted to engage either of the indentations in the handle, and the extreme end of the rod is curved outwardly and downwardly, as at 17, to permit I the finger to be engaged thereby when the rod is pulled to open the cover 4.

When the receptacle 1 is filled with coee or tea and submerged in the boiling water containedin the pot, the coffee or tea will be 8o ing the percolator in the top of the pot, the

handle 9 engagingthe edge vof the same on one side and a pair of hooks 18, which are hinged to the rim 3 opposite the handle, engaging the edge of the pot on the other side.

When in such position,the steam arising 9o from the boiling water will condense in the percolator and the extract will drip theren from, orthe boiling Water may be poured from a vessel onto the coffee or tea when the cover is opened, and the lower portion 2 then 95 serves as a strainer.- l Y Whenthe cover is closed, the projection 1.6 of the operating-rod is in engagement with the foremost indentation 1l; but by pulling on the rod by the lip 17 the cover will `loe Ioo opened to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the projection 16 will then The be engaged in the other indentation ll, which` Will hold it iu such position, and the Areceptacle can now be conveniently cleaned-or, as before stated, used as a strainer.

Having thus described myiuvention, what I claim isl. A coffee or tea infuser consisting` of a foraininated receptacle having a handle provided with recesses, a cover hinged to the receptacle, a reciprocal rod on the handle having one end in engagement with the cover and provided at its other end with a projection adapted to engage either of the recesses to hold the cover in an open or closed position.

2. A coiee or tea infuser consisting of a foraminated receptacle having a handle provided with a hand-grasp at its end and recesses formed therein beneath the han d-grasp, a cover hinged to the receptacle and provided with a slot, a rod reciprocal on 'the handle and extending through the slot iu the cover at one end, a head on the end of the rod to bear against the edges of the slot, a projection'on the other end of the rod to engage one of the recesses to hold the cover open, and a nger-grasp for reciprocating the rod.

3. A coffee or tea infuser consisting of a foraminated receptacle, a cover hinged to the receptacle, a handle secured to the receptacle and extending above the saine to provide a support and stop for the cover when opened.

et. A coiiee or tea infuser consisting of a foraininated receptacle, a cover hinged to the receptacle, a handle secured to the receptacle and bent upwardlyand outwardly adjacent to the hinge to'provide a stop and support for the cover when opened, a reciprocal rod on the handle having one end in engagement with the cover and means on the other end cooperating With the handle to hold the cover open.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK ADOLPII WEGNER.

Witnesses:

JEFFERSON BUTLER, JENNIE EDWARDS. 

